Mrtav 'ladan

Mrtav Hladan (Stiff Dead)----Stiff Cold---

After a less then stellar title opening, this movie picks up right away and takes you on a journey you will forget but at the same time will enjoy tremendously. This movie's closest relative is Weekend at Bernie's, but this Serbian movie takes the concept a few notches higher and is a lot funnier. The film has a pretty lousy English translation, but then again a lot of the Serbian slang can't be translated into English.

The basic plot revolves around a drug dealer Limini (Tin man) who is said to have no heart, and two men Lemi and Kiza who are trying to transport their dead grandfather for burial, until their car breaks down and they end up struggling to get him home onboard a train. This is when these two plots intersect and all hell breaks lose. You won't laugh so hard at the movies in a long time, especially if you speak Serbian, Croatian or anything similar. There are few scenes that will make you cringe but then again a few movies are without those.

Since I don't want to spoil the plot any further all I can say is bring an extra diaper and enjoy.

That's about the only scene that made me smile, which is a serious problem when you take into account that it is a comedy. Milorad Milinkovic's directorial debut is a comedy of confusion, but while the idea is good, it worked out badly. It relies more on vulgarity in the expression and behavior of the characters, as well as our sympathy for well-known actors, than on the qualities of the story itself, which is rather lazily written. The movie is not boring, but it is not particularly funny either, and apart from the idea and strong cast, I have nothing to praise and recommend.

6/10

Here the comedy may be shown in a slightly dark way, which audience have to understand, but the film, generally, has a great theme and story.

One of the best Serbian movie.

Great comedy.

I recommend to watch this movie.

I am Bulgarian and I find this Balkans humor quite accurate and funny, obviously because I've grown up with it.